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Griggs courier., 1887-05-13

ards family than II was before. Shsysnne water
would make good wholesome beer were 1t not for
the dead cows, etc., somebody has deposited in
the river. J.P.
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13

Aswas announced last week, the ladies' Of the
Congregational church will serve MAY supper
at their church, this Friday) evening, in eonnec-
tisn with a literary and musical sosesrt. Mrs..
=. ". Christie has kindly volunteered her services
.,d viii render several eheiee selections from the
,,i.,o. The eutertainmentto to conclude with laugh.
Able and original charads. supper viii be served
from Ito o'clock. All srs cordially iDvieed.
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13

In advertising VIM. Howdcn.. stallion last. week
mistake Of the ccmposor made us name the
animal .Lord Howden'' instead of "Lord Had
do,'' and az a consequence Mr.. Howden visited
the Office Monday. informing us Of the error. In
apology the COURIER would say that according
tothe official publication Of horse exhibition,
recently heldiin Canada, Lord Hadan No. !, full
brother 81 the famous horse owned by Mr.. II. took
tr., prize and also sweepstakes over thirty-seven
en1rya. @
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13

The Intsrstate commerce law mas done away with
editorial passes, but II our law makers think that
1t is going to swindle the average country editor
out Of trip over The rails. they are somewhat la
boring under a delusion. Hon. Fred Adams was
seen crawling into box car yesterday just as the
train started up at sanborn on its way down to
Valley City. We do not wish to insinuate, but
things do lock little suspicisus.-Ex.
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13
Green Eyed People.

In q paper on the color Of eyes in France
NJ. Topinard has called attention to the
extreme rarity Of greenish eyes in Europe,
only six cases having been observed by
Professor Virchow in 6,OOO, 600 Germans.
With us green eyed person must be
fully as uncommon sight. Yet Chinese
annals record that green eyes abound in
parts of Asia, and Pallas notes they are
met w..n n S;heria.-Arkansaw Traveller
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13

Tho steer calf two legged calp, that has besn
in the habit Of extracting several quarts Of the
laeterious fluid from Montgomery's bovine, 10
warned to be moro cautious in the future, % the
guilty calf is ''spotted.'
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13

themse1ves WIN On 1nvorce
set, from the hrm Of Edwin Ridley 3 Sons. cor.
Mr. Grand Allen and Orchard streets, Now York
city, a. there il great demand for that portion Of
lady's umakeup.' % wss seen by an ''epsn
letter" loft in the postsaaee BY yousg lady Of
Coopsrstown, Monday.
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13

A wrinkle 60 Photoer.phers.
Photo Artist to gourmand)-So, there,
now keep quite still and think Of your
favorite dishl-Beiblatt
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

7. the n.tssr 81 tls estste Of Frank Hunter, ds.
All persons having claims axai.st said Frank
untsr, dsssassa, are hsrshy % nsaasa s.a r.ssir:
thereof, T. the s1lsssiGssl sdniniGs!ator Of said
estste, st hio e0es IN Cespsrstsv1. II the esenU
q 0iggs. terlits!y q Dskets, and dat tssr
q peeeee thsir olsins sgsinst ail sstate.
bstsA 'hc - dey = ~ "a; r. ~; $780,.
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13
! Decorated and painted glassware just received
at Syverson's. Turn over.
Inspect our large stock Of sprng and
summer goods, which we have marked
way down. SYvERsON 8 Co.
New and artistic designs at
JOHN SYvERsoN's.

syyerson has just imported nne line Of baby
carriages for the spring boom. Young couples
are invited to call and inspect the stock.
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13

A young lady called at the COURIER office. Tues
day She didn't come 10 see the editor, bat brought
the devil dish Of ice cream, which was pro-
nounced excellent by his satanic majesty.
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13
FARM AND. GARDEN.
GOOD WORDS FOR THAT MUCH.
ABUSED ANIMAL THE MULE.

Experiences Related by Wen Known
Farmers-Easy Modes Of Lifting and
\ Setting Posts-Ona Way of subduing an
Obstinate Eve.
Farmers often experience annoyance
and even loss because q eve will refuse
to own the lamb she is desired to succor
In such case the obstinate eve may be
confined between two small hurdles. Our
cut represents such an arrangement and
ono approved by Henry Stewart, who says
that one days confinement in it Is often
sufficient to bring the most stubborn ami.
mails to reason.
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13

We have just received a large stock of
dry goods, boots, shoes. hats and caps,
etc. SYvFRSON q Co.
Ladies trimmed hats in great yarie-
ties. at SYvERsON s. Co.'S.
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13

Seed potatoes, the finest in the land,
For sale by
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13

We have ordered, and will receive in
q few days a large assortment Of wall
paper, window curtains, etc.
SYvERsoN s. Co. :.
Griggs courier., 1887-05-13
Wheat es cents.

Turn this page and learn III about the spring
Aoom.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-10-20
THE DEADLY CIGARETTE.
Some Of the Nasty Substances Used IN II.
Compositfon.

Some Of the Nasty Substances Used IN TIA
Composition.
Cigarette smoking IL q pernicious prac.
tice, and Is doing much toward enervatlnR
our growing youth, says the Chicago
journal. It has led to the discovery and
recognition by the medical professi0a OF
the tobacco heart" . disease hitherto
unknown, and entirely attributable % in-
haling the fumes Of the burning tobacco, q
thing which every true cigarette smoker
does. think that II people who are ad-
dicted to this habit only knew the com.
position Of their favcrites they
would hesitate about continuing 20
undermine their constitution by fnduIRinG
in them. In this connection, / feel it only
right to tell what know Of this matter.
I have frequently noticed the little italian
street arabs, who are such common sight
on our streets, and who are never seen
without . basket, which they ali with
garbage OF all kinds CLEANED from the
retuse-6arrels in allsy.ways, and more
particularly In front Of the South Water
street stores. say / have frequently
noticed them engaged in picking up cigar
stumps or "snipes" from the sidewalks
and cutters. They will dive into cigar
stores and saloons and thrust their
filthy little brown paws into che
spittoons in search Of their booty. For q
long time imagined that this collection
was made for the purpose of supplying the
paterfamilias with his tobacco, but on
making inquiries Of one OF the children,
she informed me that the stumps were arst
dried, then sorted according to colors, and
when . sufficient quantity has been stored
mp they are shipped away and manu-.
factured into the s'pernicious soul-destroy.
ing cigarette OF which there are so many
ardent lovers. This Is an absolute fact,
and hope It will teach young men to be
wary as to the quality Of cigarettes In
which thew indulge.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-10-20
Prepare for Winter.

We do not now speak of banking
up the house, providing fuel or any
of the many matters usually consld-
cred necessary for winters cam
paign. The most important of all
things for the farmer just now is to
get his stock in good condition. Let
them get just as fat as all the grass
they want and can eat will make
them. Nor will any danger threaten
them If in addition to the grass they
have some corn and all the pump
kins they can use. Nature works
with the farmer to that end in the
fall months, and puts covering of
fat, one of the best non-conductors
of heat in the world, over the ribs.
1t actually costs less to keep up the
animal when 1t is fat than it does to
keep it up when it is poor, because
there is less food consumed as fuel
merely to keep up the heat. The
animal in good fix carries its shelter
with it, the poor animal has to sup
ply the want of shelter by food, and
food costs money.
There Is a point just here that does
not receive the attention it ought to
receive, and we are satisfied that If
the farmer will prepare at once for
winter by starting in with all his ami
mails in fine shape he will come out
in the spring in first-class shape with
q less expenditure of food than in
previous years. We have lots of
faith in the future of all kinds of
stock, and especially cattle, but we
do not propose to own hoof that
we can't keep in good condition.
Better have short supply of wood
and the house upholstered and the
corn out in the field when winter
comes than have the stock poor
Homestead.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-10-20
DUDES IN PETTlcoATs.

Greek DancIes who Wear Inverted Ball
looms Sor Trousers.
One OF the biggesS surprises In neither
germents the whole world round is worn
by the Grecian dudes one sees on the
streets of ConstantiEople. Imagine, says
the Pittsburgh Commercial, o sky-blue
silken balloon, bottom side up and
fastened round the wearer's waist, two
neat-fltting leg-holes made In the bulge,
and the whole bulb collapsed and swad.
died about the legs when walking, and
you can imagine the lower story of .
Greek dude.
His trunk is enveloped in o tiRht-fttfng
jacket Of some other shade OF blue, with
loose flowing sleeves and white furbelows
showing underneath. His head Il adorned
with o Greek fez, from which an
enormous black or blue tassel hangs
down his back. This ornament
al appendage looks as II ever
on the eve Of pulling the fez on the
wearer's head by its great weight. He
wears the ordinary brogans and socks and
sometimes leaves the calves Of the legs
bare.
Sometimes the Greek dude carries q cane.
but he carries it for use quite as much as
for ornament, or, at all events, walks with
IL in business-like manner. He walks
with a gait awkward and ungraceful,
but even were he . naturally graceful
walker his ungainly neither garment fm-
parts to him decidedly grosesque appear
ance.
The chief delight Of the Greek dude is
to sit in front Of hallway shop, smoke
nargilehs and watch the ladies pass by.
Those Of his own nationality are wearing
garments but slightly different from hfs
own, the footholes in the inverted bal
loon being nearer the bottom, but this Ia
about all.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-10-20
Homespun Hints.

A recent address by Rev. DR.. Col
yer to some college students has
met with praise from the Norfolk
Virgin'an, which says:
DR.. Collyer remarked that he had
worked on a farm, carried a hod,
shod horses, broke stone on a turn
pike, reaped and cradled grain, dug
a we'll, cut wood and preached SER
mons that nobody wanted to hear.
HIS wonderful success had been
achieved by pure grit and honest in
dustry. You must dig down to hard
pan, he said, to lay foundation TO
fame and fortune. HIS abhorisms
may be grouped as follows:
Work is a good medicine.
A mans best friends are his ten
fingers.
Society says one thing, and nature
says another.
Amy kind of an honest job is bet
ter than no job at all.
Take dollar day for your work
if you can get no more.
Have a reserve force that will
come out when you need it.
The honest man who dies poor is
rich if he only holds his own.
Only those who make clean money
and do clean things win success.
A good days work at what you
can best do is the hard-pan to which
all must come.
When country boys come to the
city if they can only hold on to the
old sweet ways they can defy the
world.
Sleep eight hours out of the TWEEN
ty-four, eat three meals a day and
walk on the sunny side of the way.
Keep your grip on the hard pan
of principle of good conduct, and
you will be men of good name and
good fortune.
When boy fills house with bugs
he is all right, provided he don't run
after hum bugs. He has the making
in him of very great naturalist.
A good farmer is better than a
poor doctor, and good horseshoer
is better than a poor bishop.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-10-20
An InexPensIvo ..fsess GIRL"

"How much does your best girl cost you,
old fellow!" was pumped at q beardIess
boy who makes his bread and butter, about
S. week, in the carpenter trade. After
demurring, as usual, over looking ct the
sentimental affair in so practical light,
his objections were finally overruIed and
he consented to talk. "Ms and my girl
take In all the museum shows. Ton weeks
Of museums At 20 cents q week makes 81.
All the girls banker after ice cream and
generally put up 81 on ice cream. have
to get her 10 cents worth Of taffy on and
on. That comes to 70 cents easy. In sum.
Iaer time we get reckless, and 30 to two
big blowouts anyway-generaIly pfcnics.
With the car fare that comes TO $3. Other
evenings we go TO the park and freeze 20
one Of them benches. That don's cost
nothing except the car fare. Sixty cents
would about settle that, for sometimes We
walk, don't you see. When Christmas
comes do the grand, and buy q pair OF
earrings or some other piece of nnery, the
kind girls like, and never pay less than 81
neither. Let's see, s., 81, 75c., s., 60c., s.,
comes to s1O.35. Ny girl says that's good
lnough for her.u
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-10-20
YAcco SLAVES HERSELF.
A Monkey That is Rapidly Adding to Hei
Stock OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

A Monkey That is Rapidly Adding to Her
Stock of Accomplishments.
Adolphe Boyer, of No. 10 Fulton street,
Brooklyn, has a monkey which, though
young and comparatively untutored, is
learning thing or two. Yacco, says the
New York World, was bought from a ship
carpenter who brought her from Brazil six
months ago. Mr.. Boyer has allowed her
the run of the sheds and back yard. When
the warm weather came, Yacco selected to
live on the sloping roof of the shed and
watch the movements of the men as they
came into the yard. After awhile she
could initiate Q drunken man to perfec-
tion, even to the hiccoughing and the
leaning against the wall with closed eyes.
A few days ago some one threw a piece
OF broken mirror to Yacco, and she
clutched it and ran with it to the highest
point her chain would permit her to reach,
where she examined it closely-ns she
does every thing. She was not long
in seeing her own sweet face, much
to her surprise. She than sat on
her haunchcS, held the bit of glass between
her fore avs and glanced cautiously over
it at the lack in the expectation of seeing
another monkey, but she did not. She did
this several times, and at length, judging
from the ray of intelligence that swept
across her expressive countenance, reaIiz-
ed the truth. She held on to the mirror
like grim death, however, and gazed at
herself every spare moment. Those who
knew Yacco assert that there is kind of
proud, intellectual look on her face not
observable there before the Iooking-giass
came into her possession.
On Saturday she surprised herself. She
had, through a window, been watching
her master shave himself. When he was
through she retired to a quiet corner of
her shed, procured a piece of hoop, rubbed
her face with the back of a feather, and
then calmly began shaving herself. When
discovered Mr.. Boyer says her face was
suffused. with blush, which, however, he
admits may have arisen from the friction
caused byr fine SCREAMING rlr0casz
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-10-20
a nETEcTIVE's ROC.

ais Experience I'm . HOrse-Car with ShO
Conductor and . Passenger.
Chief Drummond Of the Eecret-Service
Department of the United States Treasury
aas his headquarters In the post-onlc0
building, and Is. according to the New
York Commercial Adrertiser, ons Of the
most ubiquitous detectives N Gotham.
His business Is arresting counferfsiters and
Eeeping generally posted on the subject Of
sounterfeits. He knows IN an instant q
spurious coin, and any smaller than one
4ollar he destroys by placing the piece be.
tween his massive jaws and breaking 70.
The other day he had q curious adventure.
he was going uptown In . surfacO-caP
and handed the conductor one dollar.
When the change came back the sharp
Dyes Of the detective discovered counter
teit dime. He placed the coin between his
besth, broke it, and handed the pieces back
10 the conductor. The conductor became
angry and began TO upbraid the chief for
mutilating the spurious coin.
It then occurred to the detective that
perhaps the conductor was Showing the
aueer,D 50 he asked him II he had any
more bogus coins. The reply was that 70
was none Of his business. Then followed
. little scene. The chief said In . COM
manding way: "Show me all the money
You have an your person" The conductor
evidently suspected something, and
showed all his money, pulling his pockets
wrong side outward.
An Israelite seated next TO the chief said
be YOU'D be tunder und bIitzened if dot man
lived who would make him turn hls pock-
cts. He then told the detective what bad
tuck he had In passing counterfeit doI-
lar. He said he kept store on the East
Side, and every day he offered that bad
dollar to customer, but it never left the
counter before it was discovered and hand
ee back to him. His brotherin-law, Whs
also kept store, had better lack, 90 when.
sver he was taken in with counteEfeia
money he sold it at discount to his broth
er-in-law.
"If you have any Of those counterfeit
coins on your person now, I win send you
70 State prison" /" cOolly remarked the do
tective.
sVot you take me for, fat!D
ssI'll take you for my prisoner. II you say
you have spurious coin on you that you IN,
tend 70 pass.n
The detective threw back his coat, dis
playing his large shield.
81 vas liar, vas . liarv' cried the
Lsraelite, as he got up hastily and fed
from the car, amid roars Of laughter from
the passengers.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-10-20
We Tell You Plainly

that summons Liver Regulator will
rid you of dyspepsia, headache.
and bllliousness. 1t
will break up chilIs and fever and
prevent their return, and is COM
plete antidote fot all malarial poison
yet entirely free from quinine or
caIomel. Try 1t, and you will be
astonished at the good results of the
genuine Simmons Liver Regulator,
prepared by ]. II. Zeilln & Co
SSt4.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-10-20
WEIRD PANToMIME.
a Strange sesne Witnessed by q Conductor
IN shS Aoiaye Desert.


on she A1ojsEe Desert.
81 have the worst time In the world con.
vfncing my ecpie OF the real facts about
mirages on the Colorado desert, !" said Con-
ductOr Tom Williamson, Of the Atlantic q
Pacific road, 20 q San Francisco ESemiaer
reporter.
"Twenty m les out from Mojave, on my
run, and all across tic desert every morn
ing just after sunrise, you see every thing.
You'd think y ou were right on the bank OF
river, but you never get TO is. Then,
again, you sse magnificent lake, the
color of an en- erald-no 60, no lake, can't
get to it. AnG bless my stars, though
run over that road every day, and see
these scenes over and over again, can't
bring myself to believe that don't see
water. Well, IL it's difficult for me, how
much more ditEicult Is Il for the passen-
gers.
Between my own superstitions about
these things, if you may call them such,
ths questions tf q fresh grist Of passen.
gers every day and my regular duties,
you may be suns have enough 20 do.
81 have heard Of ghosts hovering around
and bothering railroad trains. never saw
any ghosts-thst is, none Of those things
dressed in whitis-but I'll tell You what
did see once. The sun rose just as We
were crawling tut OF Fenner, which Is q
station two huniired miles east Of Mojave.
1t tipped as glorious o lake as / ever saw,
all in an effulgent glow. Upon that lake
moving to and flo was q Myriad Of people,
gliding hither aid thither. The scene re-
minded ne of th,, realization Of Q strange
NEUROLOGICAL tals. IL appeared to me as
though there were q thoussnd people on
that lake, big ami little, old and young,
male and female.
''Tk was as IL the whole thing was In
paGtOnime, and then all at once the
thing or whatever it was, Gisappered.
81 was scared. Upon my word was.
have sort OF motion that I'li get neW
route. The hobgflblins on those mirageS
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-10-20

"Good DEEDS once said the cell
ebrated Richter, ''ring clear through
Heaven like a bell" One of the
best deeds Is to alleviate human suf-
ferings. "Last fall my daughter
was in Decline" says Mrs. Mary
Hlnson, of Montrose, Kansas, "And
everybody thought she was going
into consumption. l got her bot
tie Of DR.. r. V. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. and it cured her. Such
facts as the above need no comment.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-10-20

MR. FRANK WLKEsoN, some of
whose economical and social theories
are startling enough, associates the
prohibitory liquor movement in the
Northwest causatively with the price
of wheat. In long letter to the
New York Times, in which he elabo-
rates this theory, he says that moral
lty and religion have not caused one
man out of five in Iowa and Kansas
to vote for a prohibitory amendment.
The prohibition movement IN those
states he argues, ''arose wholly from
the poverty of the farmers which
promptly followed the decrease in
value of breadstuffs and provisions )"
and that while the farmers were
growing poorer as the prices of their
products declined and their consump-
ton of liquors increased, the saloon
keepers, gaining in influence, under
took to control the nominating con-
ventions and the elections of the peo-
pie. Then the tlIlers of the soil sad
ly realized that they could no longer
afford to drink liquor, and they de-
termined that the saloon pow IT in
politics should be crushed.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1887-10-20
coLp-sLoopEo HuMoe.

AnScdOtes Tending tn Show That Some
People DO Not Get Excited.
Our neighbors across the channel are
fond of reisting humorous little incidents
| of sang-froid in which an EnglishEnan
usually acts the role of chief character,
| says Chambers journal. AS for instance:
A man entered a furniture shop and said:
Shave you any old furniture." rNu, sir;
but we can mak5 you some!" This reminds
Us of the Englishman in n restaurant who
called for stale bread. "we have rtone, my
Lord" ''Make some, then; l will watt"
was the calm reply. Instances Of remarfs-
able cooIness and assurance among ad-
venturers "out West" are only to, be ex-
pected. To begin with small example:
A boy who comes of a chronically borrow
ing family went to neighbor's for cur
of sour milk. 81 haven't got any thing but
sweet milk" said the woman, p'ittishly.
''I'll wait till it sours," said the obliging
youth, sinking into a chair.
But in many of the cases nov unIler con.
sideration foreigners of several na fionai-
tiles will be found to have fgur>d coa-
spicuously in the matter of taking things
cOolly.
It is related that lady and gentleman
came to ferry, and the boatman deputed
his grandson to row them across. "Why
do you not manage your boat Yourself"
child do it," "Oh, don't you be afraid,
ma'am," !" answered the ferTyman; ''the lad
can swim"
Equally Indifferent to the fate of others
was one Of the sufferers by late railway
accident. he was seen rushing snx IousIy
about, when some one asked II no wee
hurt. "No; but 1 can't find my UMBRELLA"
About year ago, when the uppeF part
of an hotel was ON fire, one of the servant
girls vas directed 60 awaken two entle-
men who were asleep IN an Upstairs room.
She knocked at the door, and, with the
greatest simplicity, said: 81 beg pardon,
;;ssc::..ssssss5si, f,,i disturbing yOu, uui Enu
house is OH fire." This case of what may
be called ludicrous politeness brings to
mind another: "Hii you dropped brick
mp there I" shouted pedestrian ON whose
shoulders one of those articles had fallen
from three,story scaffoId. "All right"
cheerfully responded the brick-layer;
"you needn't take the trouble to bring it
up.n
"What's the natter" asked a lawyer
of his coachman. ''The horses are running
away, sir" ttCan't you pull them up:"
81 am afraid not" ''Then," said the law
yer, after judicial delay, run into some
thing cheap.O